Murket Surname

2,876,555th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 46 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Murket Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Murket Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya161:2,886,24437,784
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
Papua New Guinea111:741,24783,447
England11:55,718,059489,080
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England71:3,482,19689,582
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States111:4,565,335193,764

Murket Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Murket Come From? nationality or country of origin

Murket (Russian: Муркет) is borne by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Murket? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,876,555th most widespread family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 158,424,911 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 70 percent of Murket reside; 70 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa.

This surname is most frequently held in Kenya, where it is carried by 16 people, or 1 in 2,886,244. In Kenya it is mostly concentrated in: Kajiado County, where 25 percent live, Narok County, where 25 percent live and Trans Nzoia County, where 25 percent live. Apart from Kenya this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 35 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 24 percent live.

Murket Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Murket has changed through the years. In England the number of people bearing the Murket surname declined 86 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it declined 91 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Murket Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Murket last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Murkett92251/
Murkets921/
Murkette8611/
Murkit8356/
Morket838/
Murkitt7751/
Mourcet7722/
Murchet7713/
Murcett775/
Meurcet773/
Murkite772/
Morkett771/
Murkait771/
Mourquet711/
Mirkit6742/
Murcit671/
Mürkit671/
Murched6242/
Morkhed622/
Murkhid621/
Murquit621/
Mourched5778/
Murquite5747/
Murquist575/
Moorkead570/
Morkid502/

Murket Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Murket in the Russian language
Муркетmurket-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Murket
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